Process of manufacturing methane or of mixtures of methane and hydrogen.



P. SABATIER. v

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING METHANE 0B OF MIXTURES OI METHANE AND HYDROGEN.

APPLICATION mum we. 11, 1908.

956,734. Patented May 3, 1910.

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por; .eingafterward transformed intoe me whicha sodium carbonate flows down. The;

these-boilers; carbonic .aicidegas. is, given. ofi,

. bonate only islbrought backtothe clolumnF tion wiswstarted over again; TheRcaLr onicsion ofet-h -dissociation'ofilthe bicar onate; H especially 't; the-temperaturesfthatzsupemi issobtamed-by-red cm hadfim the .t'rzi solution of potass'iumbr sodiumhydrateis oxid is reduced by Q Theearbeniciacidthatesce s o'm t ebo crs 'G-me 1 for this purpose the through. tubes e conta ning;fceppery'in -the a cent. hydrogen. The watengas rep ane tle-apotassiliinlhydgateimd,imayisuhsequentl a The practical? execution of thisieaetion dew? g ope a on a yield about 33 per cent. methane and 67aper this manner is washed at Dandfb eased atE w .a ee1.Img-t .i tmebdore tbe ag deprived of carbonic acid gas. When or mery; gas for lighting purposes and methane are to 1 m re e msl enew the r qste ft the a'ctbry may be'jised for generating water gas by introducmg'watenVaporbeiore the lowing coal is removed, suchwater vathaneax 0 I: r

i-lliz'Remomal of the carbonifiacidm-Thea. as to'v 'be deprived of carbonic acid istpassed. 1n *atfthe bottom of a fverticdlvcohimn F in:

liquid that runs. outzcontains' of course '80- dium bicarbonate. The same is passed into; boilers uCr' that are a heated .with' thewhot. that come out of the water/gas furnace;.;:,-

Theeproduction; of. carbonicigas by the. de com ositio'n. oirthe bicarbonate maybe ia'cili-r tate, bytaspirating with aump H.-. 1 The liquid s that, ;finally contains -t erneutralcar-E by: Suitable 7putnps I"-..and theawholee o era.- 1

acid... as cannot however .be; completelyire-i move -:'.-inthis mannenowingtofihi h-ten1- vene 1n--;summer.w lfZ lhe-mexnoval of; the. :1a,I bonic acid is e'ompletec't:by passing. the' egasz. thrmigha small column 0 in whichya dilute made 1to-circulatec-ortby passing jthei-wgas through chambers in; hich a lhyerzof slake'd see-wee B ZZ DXQYQ th ca rbon tithes. :ind must be maintained at a temperature between 500 and 609 9.. Thecopper heated to dark red withholdsany i'n'ip'ii'rities that might deteri at im ekek, Ar ter u e-tthe'cepper becomes partly transformeg into copper sulfid andmust be renewed. The copper sulfid Iney submitted to a roastin process so as to obtain copper oxid and "me letter may be restered to metallic copper by treating the oxid'with the as to be purified.

2. The a paratus or the 'reaction with nickel sconslstsli of r horizontal metallic flattened? tubeswaccinto which. fiat repectacl'es con taining' nickel; are introduced. These tubes "are arrangedamsenesill-furnaces that 3118:.

heated by. the; hot gases of the wa ter gas .furnacew fi-Thet temperature may .ben-fontrolled by thermometers or by? means of :pyrometer's that indicateiicontinuouslye Vex? ticahcylindetsimal .'likewise: be .usedvthatlfire supplied withhorl'zontal :platesiorrytwhicliiithe' .culate around thesep tea; The hot-igasesrof the: water gBS QEUHIECB Tare? madei-toa: heatzitsuccessi-vly after. heating ithe .earbontubes' b z I posm the bicarbonate for. carrying out the'ipresent invention; a The plyi g the .mixture1 -of ;3; he nickeli producing the catalytic;-

. action; must be fina mpoyvdered .conditlomen'di kthetnickel oxidize-be '1 6 reductiemmnyjibe tsetse :thej genial-a paratuses; ismsed.

carbon lmonoxidan vuhydxogeni 1that--issues from the eop'per tubes. The: reduction ought lin'ie is spread out If potassium hydrateis'. tolbeqetfected between 35,0;and 4509 6. r 51 The tuhes-lor flat-.cy inde1js) for the: cuperatedirom time te time; by heating the nickel are grouped an several series that -a re;

used or sodium hydrateithis 'inateualis re same'with :limel: the case of. potassium the resulting earbonatetofilinie reta1nS..a,.11 .-;-1

bBI'madQYDSQJIf in eigricultureas ajfent iz liquefied 1 at by comp e si0n inieiknown manner ndumay be placed on? 1 ark ;-as; ,1iqui'd carbonic.acid, section in the imckel l-tubess-1 pends QIL iEhB gfollowing. conditionsz -L The; E mit cleaning of theegas., ".;2. The. af arlge mentii. the apparatus Elie prperati n ofthmickel. 4. Theway of d 011 uctmg thg; 3

'l hese tubes'are' built into water gas. furnace i amen-.1;

independent oi; onejanother vies may beemptled duced" with tinteirn etthat QHQ'SQ? filled ege n. and ngr the whole-open reaction; =W1th nickelmay Vary. between-3.00 450 0:; without involvingtany sseriousadisadvantage. Ats'st he;

gases? nne-xmeisttwhemthey resch g'the; nickel; andrthe' reactidn is. accompanied by. moon-5' 'siderable production of: water the n'ent formation. of carbon; on the: nie eolzding tethe reaction 2 not take I lace; JegThis may easilyube erma-e e1 :5

by. examining their; gas iafitene leaving they-ape noseppreciablerquant lH minge,newv licmlargly des ent inedehe-in we of my s and in 'wh (manner thesnme is to formed,., deduce that whet Iicl'aim. is t; .1; .TIIQp0GQ$SaOIfim kingimethflneqCOIl$iStw ties of carbenieiamd;

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ing inpessmgstekmnten eet n co fin d i n invention paratus. The same will be'found-to contamf aretort maintained at a constant tempera retorts maintained at a temperature of about oxi retorts maintained at a temperature to duce Water gas of constant composition, t -en passing the resulting gases first through an alkali carbonate solution to remove the greater part of the carbon dioxid, and then.

970 C., to produce water gas of constant com osition, then removing the carbon did from the resulting gaseous product'and assingthe carbon dloxid free gases over v ieated nickel, for the purpose described.

3. The process of making methane consist-' 1ng 1n passlng steam over carbon confined 1n rothrough an alkali hydrate solution to remove the remainder of the carbon dioxid, and

finally passing the carbon dioxid; free gases over heated nlckel, for the purpose described.

4. The process of making methane consisting in passing steam over carbon confined 1n retorts mamtalned at a constant temperature to produce water gas of a constant composlt'ion, freeing the resulting a s-.

eous product of carbon dioxid and su fur compounds 'by passing the gases in; contact with an alkali carbonate solution to remove the larger part of the carbon dioxid, then in an alkali hydrateto remove the remainder of thefsame'g-thenover heatedeopper to re- -v purified gases over. heated nickel for the purpose described.

In test mony whereof I, have, signed this s: t s

j. vPAULSABATIER. Witnesses-z v Pnrnm'r's; H. PHILLIPS.

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